A 6.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in Venezuela on Wednesday (September 24), according to the United States Geological Survey .

The earthquake was centered at Mene Grande at a depth of 7.8 kilometers (about 4.9 miles). The USGS said it received 32 reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of publication Wednesday afternoon.

Mene Grande is located near Pampán, Motatán, Pampanito and Trujillo. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a statement confirming that there was no tsunami threat for the East Coast, Gulf Coast or Canadian Atlantic Provinces.

"There is no tsunami danger for the U.S., East Coast, the Gulf of America states, or the eastern coast of Canada," the National Tsunami Warning Center reported in its evaluation. "Based on earthquake information an

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